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noun

as in battering

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verb

present participle of buffet
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat

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Recent Examples of buffeting
Noun
With that deployed, there’s hardly any buffeting at all in the cabin. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
And the need for governments to respond to the record heat waves buffeting the continent appears likely to reinforce that shift. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026 The result is high-decibel acoustic loads that can cause structural damage as well as buffeting that can prevent the missile from even leaving the bay. — David Szondy june 04, New Atlas, 4 June 2026 Further enhancement could also come from the lingering effects of the fast solar wind stream from a coronal hole that has been buffeting Earth in recent days. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 18 May 2026 In a publicity release, owner Mike Micallef summed up the Reata’s enduring legacy as a survivor of both a tornado and the buffeting winds of downtown business. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 So even though there’s buffeting, even though there’s loud voices raised, left, right, and center, trans people exist. — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 Under van Raemdonck, Neiman Marcus did well protecting its market share from the headwinds buffeting luxury department stores. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026 Performances haven’t been ideal, but results are coming, and after the buffeting chaos of the early months of this season, that’s the best Forest can realistically hope for. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025 Toy companies and trinket manufacturers were buffeting kids with ads, and children were pestering their parents for gifts. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffeting
  1. battering
  2. pounding
  3. turbulence
  4. lashing
  5. whipping
  6. licking
  7. thrashing
  8. hiding
Noun
  • Tommy breaks them out by using Vision as a battering ram, but Paladin is waiting outside to blast Vision with a shotgun full of adamantium rounds.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Miao's neighbors in Irvine, California, said about 10 FBI agents serving a search warrant broke into his empty home using a battering ram around noon on Sunday, shortly after Zhang was arrested trying to board a flight to Shanghai.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of battering
Verb
  • Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • You were expected, at the very least, to put up a good fight, and the dance could get real ugly real quick—I’ve witnessed aunties and uncles pounding their fists on the table in a yelling war and checks being ripped straight down the middle.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pounding
Noun
  • This reduces the turbulence around the suspension and in the trailer’s wake, and lowers the aerodynamic drag.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, turbulence for the AI trade has also boosted defensive parts of the market, including the consumer-staples corner where Kimberly-Clark resides.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of turbulence
Verb
  • These are just two of the many scenes of destruction the hurricane has left in Hawaii after lashing the state’s western islands with heavy rain, widespread flooding and tropical-storm-force winds on Monday and Tuesday.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lashing
Noun
  • Use it in pudding and heavy cream recipes that do not require whipping.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The hunger was secondary to her desperate prayers for the whipping to stop.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Teams have to be licking their chops after seeing what Tampa Bay did to Dallas last Thursday night, especially considering the defense (or lack thereof) that the Cowboys have shown through five weeks.
    — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Carter is licking his wounds after the rest of the tribe sent Ana home in a blindside.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of licking
Noun
  • The world’s richest person, MAGA donor, chainsaw waver, baby daddy and would-be Mars colonizer takes a thrashing.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The teenager, who has excelled for The Union by scoring seven goals and providing 12 assists in MLS this season, was called up to his first national camp this month and made his international debut in the US’ 4-1 thrashing of Peru on Saturday.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of thrashing
Verb
  • The Manhunters rebelled against the Guardians, and most were killed; the sole survivor is hiding out in Rushville disguised as a human.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But this is in fact the opportunity hiding inside the greatest technological acceleration of our lifetimes.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of hiding

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“Buffeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffeting. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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